Causes of fever in cancer patients (prospective study over 477 episodes)

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 763-769

  Toussaint, E ^a   Bahel Ball, E ^a   Vekemans, M ^a   Georgala, A ^a   Al Hakak, L ^a   Paesmans, M ^a   Aoun, M ^a  

^a JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Fever aetiologies; Mortality; Neutropenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

BELGIUM; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33745079907     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-005-0898-0     Document Type: Article

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